Over 100 High Ranking Officers Being Purged From The U.S. Military
Since Barack Obama has been in the White House, high ranking military officers have been removed from their positions at a rate that is absolutely unprecedented. Things have gotten so bad that a number of retired generals are publicly speaking out about the “purge” of the U.S. military that they believe is taking place.
A Pentagon official who asked to remain nameless because they were not authorized to speak on the matter said even “young officers, down through the ranks have been told not to talk about Obama or the politics of the White House. They are purging everyone and if you want to keep your job — just keep your mouth shut.”
Pope Francis makes the cover of Rolling Stone
Pope Francis is taking his place alongside the icons of American popular culture by appearing on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.
The Argentine-born pope, who took office in March last year, has previously been Time magazine’s Person of the Year. He also made the cover of The Advocate, the respected US gay rights magazine.
Roman Catholics make up the biggest Christian denomination in the United States, but polls indicate lay Catholics don’t all share the national church leadership’s hardline stance on abortion, contraception and gay marriage.
In an accompanying 8,000-word profile, seen on its website Wednesday, Rolling Stone hailed the pontiff’s relaxed style and his less aggressive stance on such hot-button issues as homosexuality compared to his two predecessors.
High Ranking Officers Being Purged
Snowden nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
A Norwegian politician has nominated former NSA contractor Edward Snowden for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize.
Baard Vegar Solhjell, a former education and environment minister for the Socialist Left party, said Mr Snowden's revelations deepened the public's understanding of the extent to which states spy on their own citizens.Mr Snowden, living in temporary asylum in Russia after disclosing US government secrets on surveillance programs and other activities, faces criminal charges in the US after fleeing last year first to Hong Kong and then Russia.
Thousands of people around the world are eligible to nominate candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize, including any member of any national assembly.There were 259 nominees for last year's prize, which was won by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons for its efforts to eliminate Syria's chemical arsenal.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee will collect nominations for the 2014 prize up to Feb 1 and finalise its list on March 4, when the committee holds its first meeting of the year and members submit their own nominations.
The winner will be announced on October 10.
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Ben BernankeRetiring Federal Reserve Chairman
Gerald CelenteOne of the top trends researchers
Babylon to be rebuilt
Board of Antiquities and Heritage to assess the conditions of the site,with support and funding from the U.S. State Department.
'We've got bigger fish to fry,'
The President doesn't believe that prosecuting marijuana users should be a priority for federal law enforcement officers.
